Decorative Gouache Fireside Studios "Practice Board" Paper Lanterns Painting, 1935 vintage drawinbg I'm pretty obsessed with this

I'm pretty obsessed with this small drawing/painting

perhaps done by a colleague or former student

Some wear and light scratching to the surface of the brass

I think—19th century British ink and watercolor rebus drawing that I am still trying to fully puzzle out

Decorative Gouache Fireside Studios "Practice Board" Paper Lanterns Painting, 1935 vintage drawinbg I'm pretty obsessed with thisI bought a bunch of these together, my favorites of which I am listing individually, then I'll list another handful together, your choice, at a common price. A little digging reveals that "Fireside Studios" the maker of these "practice boards was a division of Fireside Industries, Adrian, Michigan, which sold and promoted all manner of decorative projects targeted to women at home. With these practice boards, one was to complete decorative painting